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In global terms, tobacco is considered to be the most widely grown non-food crop,

although it accounts for only 0.3% of cultivated land (but over 1% in China). This

compares to 13% for grain, 2% for cotton, and 0.7% for coffee. About 87% of the

tobacco crop ends up in cigarettes.

Tobacco in History, p. 7

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A 1986 report estimated that tobacco usurps the place of food crops and uses land

that could otherwise grow food to feed 10 to 20 million people.

Smoke and Mirrors, p. 223

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If the 5 million hectares (12.35 million acres) of cropland now used to grow tobacco

were turned over to growing grain, it would provide enough grain to support the world's

population for 6 months.

World Watch, December 1995, p. 19

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1997 world tobacco production was 7.3 million metric tons, led by China with 3.3

million tons, the United States, 668,000 tons, India, 544,000, Brazil, 497,000, and

Turkey, 245,000 tons.

Tobacco Control, Spring 1998, p. 77

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16 states grow tobacco. 1993 production figures in millions of pounds by state were

North Carolina, 596, Kentucky, 472, Tennessee, 129, South Carolina, 110, Virginia,

110, Georgia, 96, Pennsylvania, 20, Ohio, 19, Florida, 19, Indiana, 17, Maryland, 13,

Wisconsin, 9, Missouri, 6, West Virginia, 4, Connecticut, 2, and Massachusetts, 0.6

million pounds.

Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

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